Shamed former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks was given a £10.8million payoff after she quit at the height of the hacking scandal last year. Her golden goodbye dwarfs the £2million compensation handed to the family of Milly Dowler, the 13 year-old schoolgirl whose mobile phone messages were hacked by staff at the paper. […]

Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has said she is 'baffled' by the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to charge her, her husband Charlie and four others with perverting the course of justice in relation to the phone-hacking scandal.

David Cameron could face some embarrassing questions to kick-off his trip to the US after Rebekah Brooks and her husband, both personal friends, were reportedly arrested on suspicion of covering up evidence of phone hacking.

David Cameron has finally admitted he did ride a retired police horse loaned to former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks by Scotland Yard, a day after firm denials from the prime minister himself.

News International boss
Rupert Murdoch has waded into the row over the loan of a police horse to former News of the World editor
Rebekah Brooks, although his message of support on Twitter was given very short shrift by users.